The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-07-29
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rapidly around the aides and knees 4
horses. Its mot : bee, however. but
the horse bot hy. Tho insect seeu
busily engaged y the female deposit.
ing her eggs on the hair Of the fors
legs and shoulders Of the horse. Thsy
adhere to the hairs By means Of !
ylutinous secretion. deposited with
them. They may be- seen like little
yellowish specks, in small clusters.
The horse licks them Oh, and the an.
closed larva hatch out. Some author.
assert that this Is done ON the horses
tongue. and others say II IL in the
stomach. Both are right. II the eges
are licked off after remaining some
time on the hairs. they are Matched 1t
once. by the warmth and moisture Of
the tongue. and the larve are swal.
lowed with the food. Il the eggs are
removed soon after they were deposit
ed, they hatch in the stomach. In
either case, the larve or bots fasten
themselves to the lining Of the stomach,
by means Of . little hook each side of
the mouth. Here the bot remains
firmly fixed, subsisting On tho juices,
until the following spring. Then 1t
disengages itself. and passing through
the entire alimentary canal, is evac-
uated. It now buries itself in the
ground and undergoes its transform
alton into a pupa. After q few weeks
1t emerges as q fly, mates. and the
female proceeds to propagate its
species. by depositing its eggs on those
parts Of tho horse reached by the
tongue.
The question whether tho larve in the
stomach are injurious to the horse or
not, is one relating to veterinary rather
than to chronological science. All the
standard authorities scout the dread
entertained by farmers and others for
bots. 1t is only when they are IN such
numbers as to present a mechanical
obstruction to the passage to or from
the stomach, that they can do any
serious harm. Dadd says: 1.-The bots
generally speaking. are not as trouble
some to horses as people seem to sup
pose, for it is very rare in making post
mortem examination, that more OF less
r not found in the stomach. Wond-
erful stories are related of bots burrow-
ing through the walls Of the stomach.
But this never occurs while the horse
is alive. We do not deny that bots are
found in the abdominal cavity, to
which they escape after the death Of
the horse. It Is all very
easy to say a horse has the bots.' and
prescribe some medicine for their ex-
pulsion, but no practical advantage ia
gained, mol is the horse benefited. For
most of the remedies used as vermifuges
would kill the horse, while the bota
would not be injured in the slightest
degree" Jennings says: .sThe symp-
toms of other diseases, as Inflammation
of the bowels, etc., are often assigned
as indicating the presence of bots. But
though bots may sometimes aggravate
these conditions, it is more than folly
to jump at the probable cause. and say
it is "a case Of bots because a horse
looks at his sides and the like. When
such symptoms rise from whatever
cause, the animal must be treated TO,
Inflammation. II we uscced in con
trolling it and restoring the stomach t.
healthy acton, the bots are no Longer
troublesome; if on the contrary ".
drench the animal for bots, the chance.
are we shall kill ."-Prairi,
Farmer.
WATERING HORSES.
The horse should be ..watered befvr,
feeding; at least he should have givel
him nearly what he wants before feed
ing. There are several reasons TO
this. II watered freely after being fe,
the food taken in may be, and usual,
is, washed out Of the stomach befor
the process Of digestion is fairly be
gun. This forces an undigested mas
into the bowels, q character Of materis
the latter are not accustomed to re
ceive, and collie may follow. The sud
den taking Of large amount of col
water into the stomach 80 dilutes til
gastric juice as to greatly weaken II
effects upon the food. The stomach
also chilled and digestion is retarde
in this way. One Of the worst possibl
practices is tho one in common use {
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